Annual Meeting & Dinner Program

Discovering Pockets of Business Opportunity in Challenging Times

Thursday, March 19, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Annual Meeting
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm - Dinner Program
Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, MA
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Please note that all members are invited to attend the annual meeting at 4:00 PM (without charge) at which time new officers for the coming calendar year will be elected by IMC membership. Our annual meeting will be held in a private area of the lobby lounge at the Hilton. We also hope that you will sign up for the evening program to follow at the normal member rates.

The current recession has changed business dynamics for our clients as well as for our own consulting businesses. Join us for an interactive discussion to hear how successful business leaders are finding pockets of opportunity in today's market.

Our panel will share practical tools and tips for growing and sustaining your business during today's recession. Further, you will leave this session with a specific action plan for your business.

Moderator

John Wheeler is Managing Partner of Wheeler Performance Group (www.wheelergroupllc.com), an organization and operations improvement management consultancy. With over twenty-five years of multi-disciplinary expertise in sales, marketing, product development, management, organization and operations and information technology Mr. Wheeler has worked with medium and large companies in sixteen industries. He has served as the Chief Operating officer of six companies and is a published author, sought-after industry and corporate speaker, educator and business success skills radio personality. Based in Harwich Port, Mass., Mr. Wheeler currently serves on four non-profit Boards. His book “V-O-E: A Business Success Formula” will be published in 2010.

Panelists

Rudy Bazelmans, Expense Reduction Analyst

Rudy Bazelmans is a Director for Expense Reduction Analysts (www.ExpenseReduction.com) – a world-wide organization that focuses on reducing overhead expenses for medium and large companies and organizations. As an active client manager in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, he has managed hundreds of projects in collaboration with category experts in the areas of Parcel, Freight, Insurance, Telecom, Merchant Card Fees, Office Supplies, Temporary Labor and dozens of other categories. This exposure, coupled with two decades of management and consulting experience gives Rudy broad perspective on how companies can reduce costs and integrate best practices.

Rudy shares his knowledge and the techniques from Expense Reduction Analysts in newspapers in the NH and MA areas and through public presentations on what techniques everyone can employ to get savings themselves.

AJ Gerriston, Founding Partner,
451 Marketing, LLC (http://www.451marketing.com )

AJ Gerritson is one of the two Founding Partners of 451 Marketing, The Leader in New Media Communications™. His firm specializes in “inbound marketing” and has expertise in public relations, PR 2.0, social media marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, and search-leveraged public relations.

At 451 Marketing AJ is the resident Visionary and Mad Scientist. AJ is the creator of the 451 New Media Bootcamp and he brings over 12 years of experience in brand strategy, Search marketing, public relations, advertising, and interactive marketing.

Shelley F. Hall, Principal, Managing Director of Catalytic Management (http://www.catalyticmanagement.com) is a highly successful entrepreneur and corporate fugitive who has built, reinvented and turned around companies for the past 20 years. As Principal, Managing Director of Catalytic Management, Shelley delivers velocity driven consulting that accelerates business growth through sales effectiveness, customer loyalty and process improvement. As a thought leader and speaker, Shelley has published dozens of articles for such major business journals as Business Performance Magazine, CEO Refresher, The Handbook of Business Strategy, ManageSmarter, Women’s Business and many more.

Agenda

4:00 - 5:00 pm - Annual Meeting
5:30 - 6:15 pm - Registration and Networking
6:15 - 7:00 pm - Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 pm - Panel Discussion

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